Three Steps to Tying Your Horse Safely

…wall. (Never tie your horse to metal stall bars/dividers. They can pop free under force and cause serious injury.) Tie your horse with a quick-release knot and proceed with your…

Stressed in the Stall

…the rear and side so no contact with other horses was possible. • Individual box stalls with a solid rear wall but side and front walls that included vertical metal bars

How To Treat Your Horse’s Thrush

…occurs in the tissue of the frog, the V-shaped structure located between the sole, wall and bars in the heel area of the hoof. The disease begins when bacteria penetrate…

Barefoot or Shod?

…sole, frog, and bars are all engaged in a bare foot, as opposed to the hoof wall bearing almost all of the weight with a metal shoe nailed to the…

The Bitless Bridle Debate

…“Soft tissues like the tongue can conform somewhat to the shape of the bit, whereas the hard tissue—the hard palate, the bars or the front of the nose—cannot,” she says….